Can IE 9 handle form attribute of button tag?

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Does Internet Explorer 9 support the "form" attribute of the button tag? In particular, clicking the button in the following example submits the form in Firefox and Chrome, but does nothing in IE 9:

<form id="myform" action="/action" method="POST">
    <input type='hidden' name='foo' value='bar' />
</form>

<!-- Other content here, irrelevant for this example -->

<button form="myform">Click me</button>

The table at the end of [this page](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input) has a pretty "?" regarding this attribute support on IE... — Denys Séguret, Jun 26 '13 at 17:22
But clicking a simple button isn't supposed to submit the form. — Denys Séguret, Jun 26 '13 at 17:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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It is not supported in IE.

Unfortunatelty, the support for the button element has never been a priority among browser makers.

Edit: this question: <button> vs. <input type="button" />. Which to use? may be relevant, and the accepted answer has a link to a page telling why people avoid the button tag.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Jun 26 '13 at 17:23

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I guess it never will be a priority. Even forms are almost obsolete now with JavaScript. – Denys Séguret Jun 26 '13 at 17:24

Can IE 9 handle form attribute of button tag?

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